What can you eat after a colonoscopy?
Colonoscopy is a vital way to early detection of colon cancer and here are the foods you should eat after taking the exams.
This is considered the gold-standard screening test for colon cancer, which is one of the leading causes of cancer death for both men and women, based on the article in The Healthy. The symptoms cannot be detected easily, so it is important to have yourself tested.
“You can have colon cancer growing inside of you and not realize it as it is often asymptomatic,”Julius Wilder, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of medicine in the division of gastroenterology at Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, North Carolina said.
Early signs of colon cancer are persistent abdominal pain and blood in stool. You may also consider taking the test when you have a family history of colorectal polyps or colorectal cancer, personal history of inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis, and genetic syndromes such as Lynch syndrome.
After having this procedure, you should consider eating these foods:
BRAT (bananas, white bread, white rice, applesauce, and white toast)
These simple carbs are easy to break down and can help solidy your stools.
Soups
These have ingredients that are low in gas-producing properties and they are very easy to digest, and they will help your gut recover.
Baked Potatoes
They are known as good in absorbing stomach acid and helping your bowel movements return to normal. Just make sure not to add fatty toppings.
Steamed or cooked vegetable
They are easier to digest and “less gas-forming when being digested unlike the uncooked ones.
Lean proteins
You can also have cooked eggs, baked or boiled chicken, or baked or boiled white fish. They are gentle on your digestive system and won’t contribute to those dreaded post-colonoscopy gas pains.